Reviews of Paramount’s horror movie, Smile, should make it one to put down on your year-end must-watch list! Renowned American author, Stephen King, even told horror movie fans to watch it, and viewers are calling it one of the scariest movies they have ever seen.
Drew Tinnin from Dread Central felt that the movie lacks the humor and fun promised in its marketing campaign. Regardless, check out what Stephen King, tweeted about it:
SMILE opens this weekend. Good, scary horror film, but the real surprise is Sosie Bacon as Rose. What a hell of a performance.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) September 27, 2022
Smile‘s director, Parker Finn, transforms the basic symbol of happiness into something sinister, frightening, and unnatural in his first feature-length film. There aren’t many things scarier than a big smile and lifeless eyes. It’s a tired narrative, yet Smile appears to be revealing something fresh.
The storyline is that after witnessing a strange, traumatic episode involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) begins to experience terrifying incidents that she cannot explain. She must confront her problematic history in order to survive and escape her dreadful new reality as an overwhelming horror takes over her existence.
Jessie T. Usher, Kyle Gallner, Robin Weigert, and Caitlin Stasey also featuring in Smile, alongside Kal Penn and Rob Morgan.
